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Jenson Button insists that McLaren will resolve the issues currently affecting the MP4-30 after the Briton endured another frustrating day of pre-season testing. Button was only able to complete 24 laps, the fastest of which was 4.8s off the pace, and stopped on track during the morning session, which put him out of action for much of the remainder of the day. "We’re not in for another tough season, but whether we’re ready for the first race or not, that’s something I can't answer right […]
World Champion Lewis Hamilton says he is encouraged by the progress Mercedes has made in terms of reliability but warned that the squad can still improve. Hamilton completed 101 laps on Saturday at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and finished the day third quickest. On Friday, Hamilton and Nico Rosberg shared duties and racked up over 150 laps without the car encountering a major technical problem. "[It's] too early to say but of course we’ve done some great mileage and there’s been a lot of attention […]
Sebastian Vettel says that Ferrari's pre-season pace counts for little, despite rivals continuing to talk up the Italian squad's chances. Both Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton hinted this week that Ferrari has made progress, while Daniel Ricciardo said on Thursday that he was surprised by Kimi Raikkonen's pace. But Vettel downplayed Ferrari's form after he ended the third day of testing in fifth position. "I would rather wait and see, it depends much more where you are at the races, I don’t recall – well […]
Lotus driver Pastor Maldonado set the quickest time for the second time in three days at a cloudy and occasionally damp Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Maldonado set a time of 1:24.348 – the quickest time of the week – on the Super Soft tyres to eclipse Toro Rosso Max Verstappen, who also set his most rapid time on the Super Softs, albeit during the morning session. Verstappen brought out one of the day's red flags when he stopped at the pit exit with 20 minutes remaining. […]
Fernando Alonso expressed his happiness after enjoying McLaren's most productive day of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Friday. Alonso completed 59 laps in the McLaren MP4-30 at the Spanish venue and ended the day in seventh position. "Definitely we had a better day today, we could complete some runs and we run at 9am and finish at 5.45pm which is good news finally," he said. "We could test some of the potential of the car, complete laps, check many systems we could […]
World Champion Lewis Hamilton says he is not bothered by Mercedes' absence from the top of the time sheets, as testing reached its halfway mark at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Friday. Hamilton, who sat out most of Thursday's running due to a fever, took over from team-mate Nico Rosberg for the afternoon session in Spain and registered the fifth quickest time after racking up 89 laps. Mercedes has yet to finish a day of testing on top of the times, but Hamilton says he […]
Carlos Sainz Jr. was left to rue an error at Turn 9 during the afternoon session at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which scuppered his race simulation for Toro Rosso. Sainz Jr. lost control of his car at the quick right hand corner and the session was halted while his car was removed from the gravel. "A slightly difficult day, a typical testing day, in that we had a few issues with the car in the morning," he said. "We managed to work around them to […]
Pastor Maldonado sent Lotus to the top of the times after setting the quickest time on the first day of the second pre-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Maldonado recovered from two early stoppages to set a time of 1:25.011 on the Soft tyres, narrowly beating Kimi Raikkonen's quickest effort, which the Finn had achieved on the Medium compound. Daniel Ricciardo was third quickest for Red Bull, having set his best time on Options. Sergio Pérez completed the afternoon session for Force India and […]
An unwell Lewis Hamilton will sit out the remainder of the day's action at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Mercedes has confirmed. Hamilton completed 11 laps during the first couple of hours of running on the first day of the second pre-season test in Spain, before the team confirmed that the World Champion was not well enough to continue. Hamilton will be replaced later on today by test driver Pascal Wehrlein, who had taken to the circuit earlier on as part of his planned running with […]
The second pre-season test of the campaign takes place this week at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which has been the home of the Spanish Grand Prix since 1991. The circuit has traditionally been Formula 1's go-to testing venue and the track will play host to the sport for much of the next two weeks, with the four day affair repeated next week, prior to the Australian Grand Prix. The circuit will also play host to a two-day post-race test in May. Nine teams will be […]
Williams test driver Susie Wolff will pilot the team's FW37 on the first day of the second pre-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this week. Wolff will drive the car on Thursday at the home of the Spanish Grand Prix, before Felipe Massa takes over on Friday. Valtteri Bottas will run on Saturday, before regular drivers Bottas and Massa sample the car on the final day of running on Sunday. Wolff, who drove the FW37 during a filming day at Jerez earlier this month, […]
Red Bull has revealed its driver line-up for the second pre-season test, which takes place at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this week. Daniel Ricciardo will drive the Red Bull RB11 on the first two days of running, before new team-mate Daniil Kvyat takes over for the final two days. The four day test begins this Thursday at the Spanish track and runs until Sunday.